Fish scaler



April 9,1935. H, A, OLSON 1,997,339

I FISH SGALER I Filed Nov. 9, 1951 g] wvenkw [lam y A 0/8 012 PatentedAr. 9, 935 Z. 1,997,939

UNITED STATES PATENTQFFICE 1,997,339 i W I FISH scALnaf Harry A. Qlson,Minneapolis, Minn. Application November-.9, 1931, Serial No. 573,779

4c1aims."(o1.17-7) My invention relates. tofish scalers and has scalesupon being removedare'confined sothat" for an object to provide a fishscaler by means of the samemay be deposited wherever desired and whichthe scales of fish may be. more convenso as to "prevent the annoyanceabove referred iently removed and by means of which the scales to. i r4' 1 i 5 are prevented from being scattered about inthe The form of theinvention "shown in Fig. 1 5 use of the device. I i comprises ,a handleit], which is preferably An object of the invention residesinproviw.formed of sheet material and whichis con-. ing. a 9 body member with] ahandle attached s'tructed longitudinally 'of the length. thereof theretoand "in providing prongs or serrations with a reinforcing .rib H bymeans of which 10 issuing outwardly from said body member and saidhandle is stiffened. 'Atthe end of the han- 10 i in constructing saidbody member so as to cover tile in is provided abody member which I havesaid prongs or serrations at the bases thereof to indicated in itsentirety at 9 and from which prevent the fiying about or. the scales ofi the the serrations issue. This body member forms fish when the fishscaler is in use. a cap or cover whichcovers the prongs and pre- Anotherobject of the invention resides in arvents the scale from flying aboutwhen the fish 5 ranging the serrations in a row and in causing scaler isin, use. This body member or cap may said body member to extend beyondsaid. serbe formed in two parts or thesame maybe con-. I

rations .on both sides thereof. v structed in one. piece. In the-{formof the in A still further object of the invention resides vention shownin Fig. 1. the body member 9 inin arranging the serrations ina circle,and in cludes a head 12 in the nature of' a circular 2o constructing thebody circular in form with a plate which is integrally constructed withreportion projecting outwardly beyond the ser-" spect to said handle andwhich is slightly bent rations proper. r f out of alignment therewith.

Another object of the invention resides. in Thehead l2 .of the fishscaler proper'has atforming the serrations and handle of differenttached to it a member |3 which is circular in 25 materials so as toprovide a device of sufiicient form and which is stamped to provide anumber strength and durability. i of serrations I4 arranged in circularformation An object of the invention resides in forming about the center.of said member. These serrasaidbody member at the edge thereof with ations are formed fromthe inner portion of the lip or flange adaptedtolie in close proximity. material of said niembenleaving theouter mar- 30to the surface ofthe fish andextending therea ginal porti0n'i8of thememberintact. The mem from in the same direction as said'serrations herI3v is annular in form and is of somewhat Astill further object of theinvention resides larger 'diameterthan the headlZ. This meminconstructing the fish scaler so that the same b is Construc ed a i p p ywith a lip 0 35.1 maybe readily. formed of sheet metal stamping s.flange l5 which extends from said member in the Other objects of theinvention reside in the same directionas the. "serrations l4 and whichnovel combination and arrangement of art forms a guard forpreventing thescales removed and in the details or construction hereinafter ySerratiQnS M from a dabou illustrated and/or described. f while thescaler is in use.

40 In the drawing; For the purpose of attaching the member 13 40,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a scaler illus-. t0 the h the Saidmember as punched trating embodiment of my invention. in it a number ofcircumferentially disposed slots Fig. 21s a sectional view'taken on line2- -2 16, which ar a d to r ve t n ues l1 9 of- Fig. 1. j formed alongthe periphery of the headlZ, These Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofanother form of tongues ext nd th u h th sl ts. l6 and are 45 theinvention. r r clinched, upon the inner surface of the member Fig. 4 isasectional View taken on line 4-4 l3 to hold said member rigidlyatttached to the i of Fig. 3. V j 9 head 12 and'handle H. h Fig- 5 is aperspective view of still another I theuse 0f h scaler i a d ped 50.form f mg invention in the customary manner and the serrations I4 In theuseof open types of. fish. sealers, mm on member l2 run over the surfaceof the. fish. siderable annoyance and inconvenience results, Theseserrations remove the scales from the fish, due to the scattering aboutof the scales as the which bound outwardly from the fish and strike sameare removed from the fish. The present the inner'surface of the. head l2and. the marinvention provides a fish scaler whereby the ginal portion[8 of member Due to the flange 55 or lip t5, the scales are caused to beretained within the concavity in the sealer and are prevented fromflying about. When the sealer becomes filled with scales, the same maybe clipped in water and the accumulated scales removed,

after which the scaling may be again continuedmensions than the head i2is formed lthereon.

This head is constructed of substantially the same diameter as themember 53 and is .alsoformed with a lip or flange 9 at themarginal'portion of the same. f

In the center of the head it is mounted a cupshaped member 20 which isformed along its/edge with serrations 2i extending outwardly therefromand in the same direction as the lip 59. The member 2? is'provided witha planiform portion 22 adapted to lie against-the inner surface of thehead i B and through which the samemay'be attached thereto. I

, For securing the member 28 to head I8, said head is constructed with anumber or" tongues 23-simi1ar tothe'tongues it, which tongues are,

received in openings 24 in the plani forrn portion 220)? member 25 andadapted to .be clinched over this portion of the member to hold the samerigidly attached to the head It. The use of the invention shown in Fig.3 is identically the same as that illustrated in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5 I have shown still another form or theinvention which may beconstructedfrom a single piece of material. Inithis form, the body 9consists solely e75 a head 25, similar tothe head i8 of the.device'shown in Fig.3, which head is integrally connectedtoi thehandlei i of the device. This head has struck out from'it two rows 1 of prongs2E and 21, theeprongs' 'i being struck out from theinner portion of thehead 25 and the prQn'gsZEi being struck ',ou't fr om the outer orannular portion of said head. When these prongs are .bent odtwardly'afndslightly toward one. another, the same. lie in substantially circularformation about the head 25 in much the samemanner as the prongs i i andM of theother form of the invention. "The head 25 is constructed with aliporfiange .28 similar tothe flangelifi of thefishscaler shown infFig;1 and servesidenticallylthe same purpose. :fInithe construction of theprongs 2e and2'i, thesame are formed relatively narrow sothattheopeningsfis leftlby said prongs aresufficiently small to: prevent thescales fromflpassing through the head 25. This device 'is also usedinthe same manner the two other forms of. the invention. V

In the. formsof theinvention shown in Figs.

land .3, the members. carrying the prongs or serrations may beconstructed of a harder ma-" terial :thanthat'forming the handle and there- These parts may, if demainder of the device. sired-be. constructed.of steel of a suificient hard ness, while the handle and the remainderof the .scaler may be formed of a softer and stronger.

material, .more easily iormed into the desired shape. :A device soconstructed will remain sharp 1 for. a considerably greatertimegthanwhen conthe usual disadvantages'arising in the use ofthgordinary fish sealer and prevents the scales from flying about when thesealer is in use. The sealer. can be constructed at an extremelyeconomical cost from sheetmaterial, stamped in the desired 7 form andwhen so constructed is extremely strong, rigid and durable. By makingthe two parts of different materials, an extremely serviceable deviceresults in which the prongs or serrations used in removingthe scaleswill remain in proper condition indefinitely. The sealer is neat andattractive in appearance and is compact and occupies a minimum amount orspace when placed in the tacklebox.

Changes in'the specific form of my invention as herein disclosed may bemade within thescope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from thespirit of my invention.

Having described my inventiom'what I claim as newand desire to protectby Letters Patent'is: 1. A fishscaler comprising afhandle, ahead formedon said handle, an annular ,member having prongs struck out from thecenter thereof and bent into a'planeat right angles to the plane of saidmember torleave an opening-in'the center of the same and to provide anannular guard extending about said prongsQsaidhead being at-F tachable'to said-member to close-the opening in. the center thereof; r 3

2. A fish scalercomprising a-dishshaped memher having ahandleintegrally'formed with'respect thereto, a second dish shaped mernberattached to "saidfirst dish shapedmemb erand concentric therewith, oneoisaid dish shaped members overreaching the other and ,being formed with alip turned outwardly{from the body:

thereof and prongs issuing outwardly from one of said dish shapedmembers at the periphery of lip formed on the larger member 'at itsperiphery,

